- EFA delivered the patient perspective at the Medicines for Europe launch
- For patients the value of medicines is all about how it works for their particular condition and that their benefit and safety balance fits with the individual goals for treatment, ideally discussed a ...
- European mHealth guidelines (almost) ready
- The working group established this year by the European Commission is rapidly developing the guidelines for assessing the validity and reliability of mobile health applications. Following last face to ...
- Guidelines to assess quality of care include patient outcomes
- At the end of April, the EC expert group on health systems performance assessment (HSPA) composed of European countries health authorities and international organisations, published its first report: ...
- Our asthma in young patients news
- In May, we had the opportunity to promote the results of our Health Literacy, Young Patients with Asthma and Adherence to Treatment report, among healthcare professionals, as we were invited by the In ...
- EFA asthma patient leaders launch the Málaga-London Declaration (EARIP)
- EFA together with our membership, and under the leadership of Asthma UK, have launched the Malaga-London declaration, a document drafted within the European Asthma Research and Innovation Partnership ...
- MyAirCoach, the parents’ perspective
- EFA’s latest report HEY YA! identifies mHealth solutions as key tools for supporting young people with asthma in adhering to their treatment. This view is also shared by the members of the Advisory Pa ...
- RESPIRA celebrates World No Tobacco Day in Portugal
- Tobacco kills 32 people a day in Portugal. To raise awareness of the main cause of COPD, RESPIRA in partnership with a group of pharmacies set up a campaign at national level to draw attention about t ...
- Respiration filters help with street dust in Finland
- Street dust is a recurring problem in Finland in the springtime. The dust causes irritation to eyes, throat and noses. It is especially harmful for people with respiratory illnesses who in spring need ...
- Launch of the Asthma Museum, a multilingual website
- An initiative launched in France, originally in Russian and translated into English. That is the online Asthma Museum, a website put together by Liliya Belenko, Chair of EFA’s Patient Education Workin ...
- Pollen allergy can decrease exam results! NAAF launched allergy tests in Norway
- April is high season for birch, which is the most common and problematic pollen allergen in Norway. That is why EFA Member the Norwegian Asthma and Allergy Foundation (NAAF) has launched an awareness ...
- FENAER raises awareness about tobacco consumption in Spain
- In the month of the World No Tobacco Day, EFA Spanish Member FENAER has reached out to the press to inform about the consequences tobacco has in our health, no matter if the person is an active smoker ...
- Bubble Day and asthma education in Ireland
- On May 3rd EFA Member the Asthma Society of Ireland hosted Bubble Day, their biggest fundraising and awareness event to date, aiming to raise much needed funds to continue providing vital asthma ...
- PRESS STATEMENT: Allergy and respiratory patients welcomed at the UK House of Commons
- London, 23 May 2016 - Allergy and respiratory patients from all over Europe will visit on May 23rd the United Kindgom House of Commons, invited by Member of Parliament Stephen McPartland. Allergy is ...
- We are hiring! EFA Policy Adviser
- We are looking for an EU Policy Adviser (m/f) to start in June/July 2016 for one year period to cover partial absence of EFA policy lead. EFA is the European network of national patient organisation ...
- World Asthma Day - Young patients have something to say about asthma
- Adolescent patients with asthma encounter difficulties in following their medication but the reasons are unclear; HEY YA! HEalth Literacy, Young Patients with Asthma and Adherence to treatment: EFA Re ...
- Parliamentarians got their allergies tested
- With 150 million Europeans currently affected by allergy and estimations alerting that by 2025 half of the European population will suffer from them, we have helped the Interest Group on Allergy and A ...
- Health prevention is a right (and a duty)!
- Last April 20th we were invited to represent the patients’ perspective a European Health Parliament panel on prevention and self-care, together with MEP Cristian Busoi (Romania, EPP), former Iris ...
- EU Conference on Chronic Diseases
- The European Commission Directorate General for Health (DG SANTE) organised on April the 21st, the conference “Towards better prevention and management of chronic diseases” where Commissioner for Heal ...
- Tobacco Control Conference: Research, prevention and treatment
- On the 5th-7th of April, we were invited to speak at a three-day international conference on tobacco control on research, prevention and treatment organised by our partner the European Network for Smo ...
- Register to AirPROM final event
- AirPROM will end in June and partners are currently finalizing all activities and integrating the results. The latest AirPROM findings were discussed during the final partner meeting held in Leicest ...